10 Things You Didn’t Know About CIFF

1. CIFF is a charitable, not-for-profit arts and culture organization that programs events throughout the year.

2. CIFF requires a total of 40 staff and more than 400 volunteers to work 10,000 volunteer hours to make the festival a success.

3. CIFF impacts the economy, generating more than $1.5 million of incremental spending in Calgary’s downtown core.

4. In 2007, CIFF brought over 160 filmmakers from around the world to Calgary.

5. CIFF is Canada’s third largest film festival.

6. After only nine years, CIFF receives over 1000 film submissions from around the world! (in very small font add – “Interesting fact: This is more than one-third the number of film submissions received by Canada’s largest film festival!”)

7. Many CIFF programs, such as the Youth-by-Youth filmmaking competition, support and foster emerging filmmakers.

8. For every $1.00 of ticket sales, an additional $2.00 of investment is required to operate CIFF.

9. In 2007, CIFF’s website received 6 million hits and 83,000 visits from 109 countries.

10. CIFF has experienced a 400% increase in attendance in just eight years!